Short Circuit An Epileptic Journey

Author : Alyssa D'Amico
Publisher : Shires Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781605713861

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Short Circuit an Epileptic Journey by Alyssa D'Amico Pdf

This is the compelling story of the journey from being a little girl to becoming a strong woman while dealing with epilepsy and navigating through all the pitfalls and problems that go with it. Written in poetic form, her memoir quickly reels the reader in from the beginning, making you feel right beside her, prepping for brain surgery, in the operating room, awakening from a seizure not sure of what happened and the many social situations from school, college, friendship, sex, and relationships. All while discovering herself and going through emergencies to a more normal well controlled condition. What will happen next in life? You never know what the next surprise will be. This is a truly inspirational and eye opening story of one woman that tells the truth about what it is like to have a challenge in life and overcome the obstetrics she faces and live life on her own terms. REVIEWS 'Short Circuit: An Epileptic Journey' talks about her experiences in scaling her own mountains and how she overcame them. Dr. Dhanpaul Narine The West Indian Online Short Circuit: An Epileptic Journey, a journal of sorts collecting poems on different moments in her "journey." This includes the description of being in an ER "Waiting," the narratives of 3 brain surgeries("Conversation" & "Caught in a Storm"), but most importantly coming to terms with who she is in such poems as "Epilepsy" (with its line "epilepsy is apart of me..") & "Different Girl." As often happens here in Albany, many of the poets in the audience bought her book. Posted by DWX Poets Speak Out August 27th "Short Circuit," is a real journey and gave me, although I know a lot about epilepsy, a deeper and more personal insight into what my patients experience. You did a great job! Thank you! Werner Doyel MD NYU Langone Neurosurgeon In Short Circuit: An Epileptic Journey, a book of poetry by Alyssa D’Amico, we are presented with harrowing work that illustrates and dramatizes the actual living of a life on the edge, and breathlessly describes those struggles toward identity, the inklings of a life lived, that help us better appreciate each moment as it passes... A poem like “Dots of Blood” is a good example of what this collection does well. It makes this journey real, the stitches and the scars, makes it so the reader can feel the physical weight of this world. Judge's Review, Poetry, Writer's Digest Excellent cover design, with the ripples and patterns conveying multi-faceted meaning and movement. Very well done. We get beauty and the mysteries of the brain. Author’s choice to tell this story in poetic form allows a fabulous cadence to the story, giving us the frenetic energy of living with a medical condition, as well as a nicely rounded sense of acceptance. Author does a wonderful job of sharing settings and sensory in many of these poems, creating a nice sense of realism. Poems that include a succession of questions convey a high-energy sense of confusion and understandable frustration. Author’s experience has given her a fine familiarity with the various medicines and treatments, and it’s the author’s great instinct in balancing medical methods with her life outside of her condition that helps create this lovely flow. Well done. ‘Your Fault’ is one of the standouts, blending her seizure disorder with heartbreak and questioning. A good layering of her existence that enlivens the book. We get a sense of setting in the hospital, with good movement and time of day, blended with her interactions and questions of how many people are left in the building. Reader is very present. Nice job. Author’s goal to illuminate the world of epilepsy has more than been achieved. She humanizes her experience for us, so that it is a fine example of showing, not telling. Beautiful blend of facets. Judge's Review, Life Story, Writer's Digest It was put together very well with her experience and I am sharing it with many people. Doctors and nurses I know found it to be useful as well as my book. Discovering things not yet known of and experiences patients could have in response to medical treatment. It is about a girl who stayed positive from when diagnosed to now, even at some of the most difficult times. It is the truth about life. Dr. Lorin Myers Thank you for this wonderful book "Short Circuit an Epileptic Journey," it is truly remarkable. There was so much I did know about epilepsy and I read the positivity of faith. You are a remarkable person and it was great to meet you. NYS Senate

Author : Simon Shorvon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 761 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781108842617

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The Idea of Epilepsy by Simon Shorvon Pdf

The definitive and scholarly history of the modern era of epilepsy, covering its medical, scientific, societal and personal aspects.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1408 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Law
ISBN : MINN:31951D03769637Y

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : Luke Dittrich
Publisher : Random House
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780679643807

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Patient H.M. by Luke Dittrich Pdf

“Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King”* in this propulsive, haunting journey into the life of the most studied human research subject of all time, the amnesic known as Patient H.M. For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks comes a story that has much to teach us about our relentless pursuit of knowledge. Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • New York Post • NPR • The Economist • New York • Wired • Kirkus Reviews • BookPage In 1953, a twenty-seven-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison—who suffered from severe epilepsy—received a radical new version of the then-common lobotomy, targeting the most mysterious structures in the brain. The operation failed to eliminate Henry’s seizures, but it did have an unintended effect: Henry was left profoundly amnesic, unable to create long-term memories. Over the next sixty years, Patient H.M., as Henry was known, became the most studied individual in the history of neuroscience, a human guinea pig who would teach us much of what we know about memory today. Patient H.M. is, at times, a deeply personal journey. Dittrich’s grandfather was the brilliant, morally complex surgeon who operated on Molaison—and thousands of other patients. The author’s investigation into the dark roots of modern memory science ultimately forces him to confront unsettling secrets in his own family history, and to reveal the tragedy that fueled his grandfather’s relentless experimentation—experimentation that would revolutionize our understanding of ourselves. Dittrich uses the case of Patient H.M. as a starting point for a kaleidoscopic journey, one that moves from the first recorded brain surgeries in ancient Egypt to the cutting-edge laboratories of MIT. He takes readers inside the old asylums and operating theaters where psychosurgeons, as they called themselves, conducted their human experiments, and behind the scenes of a bitter custody battle over the ownership of the most important brain in the world. Patient H.M. combines the best of biography, memoir, and science journalism to create a haunting, endlessly fascinating story, one that reveals the wondrous and devastating things that can happen when hubris, ambition, and human imperfection collide. “An exciting, artful blend of family and medical history.”—The New York Times *Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Author : Suzanne Corkin
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780141931562

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Permanent Present Tense by Suzanne Corkin Pdf

In Permanent Present Tense Suzanne Corkin tells the incredible story of the amnesiac Henry Gustave Molaison - known only as H.M. until his death in 2008 - and what he taught medical science, neuroscience and the world. In 1953, at the age of twenty-seven, Molaison underwent an experimental psychosurgical procedure intended to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. The outcome was devastating - when Molaison awoke he was unable to form new memories and for the rest of his life would be trapped in the moment. But Molaison's tragedy would prove a gift to humanity, illuminating functions and structures of the brain and revolutionizing the neuroscience of memory. His amnesia became a touchstone for memory impairment in other patients. For nearly five decades, distinguished neuroscientist Suzanne Corkin studied Molaison and oversaw his care. Her account of his life and legacy in Permanent Present Tense reveals an intelligent man who, despite his profound amnesia, was altruistic, friendly, open, and humorous. She explores how his case transformed an entire field, helping to address eternal questions. How do we store and retrieve memories? How do we know that there are different kinds of memory, controlled by different brain circuits? Is our identity bound up with remembering? If you can recall people or events for only a few seconds and cannot learn from the past or plan the future, can you still live a meaningful life? Permanent Present explores the astonishing complexity of the human brain with great clarity, sensitivity, and grace, showing how one man's story challenged our very notions of who we are. Suzanne Corkin is Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience and head of the Corkin Lab at MIT. The author of nine books, Corkin lives in Charlestown, Massachusetts. 'A fascinating account of perhaps the most important case study in the history of neuroscience, rich with implications for our understanding of the brain, our experience, and what it means to be human' Steven Pinker, author of 'How the Mind Works' and 'The Stuff of Thought' 'The best way to understand memory is to witness the ways it can disassemble. In this remarkable book, Suzanne Corkin gifts us with a rare insider's view, revealing how a man who could not remember his immediate past so profoundly influenced science's future' David Eagleman, neuroscientist and New York Times-bestselling author of 'Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain' 'Suzanne Corkin has written an enjoyable and sensitive story of H.M.'s life and what it has taught us about memory. Millions of patients have been the source of advances in science but few are celebrated as individuals. We learn through H.M. that 'Our brains are like hotels with eclectic arrays of guests-homes to different kinds of memory, each of which occupies its own suite of rooms' Philip A. Sharp, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 'Drawing on her unique investigations over more than four decades, neuroscientist Suzanne Corkin relates the fascinating story of how one severely amnesic man transformed our understanding of mind, brain, and memory' Howard Gardner, author of 'Multiple Intelligences'

Author : Paul Harding
Publisher : Bellevue Literary Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781942658610

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Tinkers by Paul Harding Pdf

Special edition of Paul Harding’s Pulitzer Prize–winning debut novel—featuring a new foreword by Marilynne Robinson and book club extras inside In this deluxe tenth anniversary edition, Marilynne Robinson introduces the beautiful novel Tinkers, which begins with an old man who lies dying. As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past, where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature. The story behind this New York Times bestselling debut novel—the first independently published Pulitzer Prize winner since A Confederacy of Dunces received the award nearly thirty years before—is as extraordinary as the elegant prose within it. Inspired by his family’s history, Paul Harding began writing Tinkers when his rock band broke up. Following numerous rejections from large publishers, Harding was about to shelve the manuscript when Bellevue Literary Press offered a contract. After being accepted by BLP, but before it was even published, the novel developed a following among independent booksellers from coast to coast. Readers and critics soon fell in love, and it went on to receive the Pulitzer Prize, prompting the New York Times to declare the novel’s remarkable success “the most dramatic literary Cinderella story of recent memory.” That story is still being written as readers across the country continue to discover this modern classic, which has now sold over half a million copies, proving once again that great literature has a thriving and passionate audience. Paul Harding is the author of two novels about multiple generations of a New England family: Enon and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Tinkers. He teaches at Stony Brook Southampton.

Author : Dion Fortune
Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9783986775391

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Psychic Self-Defense by Dion Fortune Pdf

Psychic Self-Defense Dion Fortune - "Psychic Self-Defense" is one of the best guides to detection and defence against psychic attack from one of the leading occult writers of the 20th century. After finding herself the subject of a powerful psychic attack in the 1930's, famed British occultist Dion Fortune wrote this detailed instruction manual on protecting oneself from paranormal attack. This classic psychic self-defence guide explains how to understand the signs of a psychic attack, vampirism, hauntings, and methods of defence. Everything you need to know about the methods, motives, and physical aspects of a psychic attack and how to overcome it is here, along with a look at the role psychic elements play in mental illness and how to recognise them.

Author : Jim Phelan,James Leo Phelan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Authors, Irish
ISBN : MINN:31951001616016C

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Tramp at Anchor by Jim Phelan,James Leo Phelan Pdf

Author : Bob Greene
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781429938006

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When We Get to Surf City by Bob Greene Pdf

In a dazzling and exhilarating display of narrative on-the-road reporting, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Bob Greene takes readers on an unforgettable American journey of music, memories, and universal longing. Running away to join the circus is a dream we're told to put away once we're no longer young. But, as Bob Greene writes, "just when in our lives we give up on capturing the freedom and bright mornings of our world when it was new, sometimes something happens to keep the sun high in the sky a while longer. Sometimes we find something we weren't even aware we were looking for." For fifteen years beginning in the 1990s, Greene stepped into a universe that, out in the country every summer night, is hiding in plain sight: the touring world of the great early rock bands who gave America the car-radio and jukebox music it still loves best. Singing backup with the legendary Jan and Dean as they endlessly crisscross the nation, Greene takes us to football stadiums and minor-league ballparks, to no-name ice cream stands and midnight diners, to back roads and carnival midways as he tells a riveting story of great fame and lingering sorrow, of unexpected friendship and lasting dreams, of the things that keep us going in the face of all the things that threaten to stop us. Striking chords of recognition and yearning, When We Get to Surf City glistens with cameos by the men and women with whom Greene traveled the United States on his deliriously unlikely journey, including Chuck Berry, Martha and the Vandellas, the Everly Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Beach Boys, the Monkees, the Kingsmen, James Brown, Lesley Gore, the Drifters, Little Eva, and the Coasters. All of them—not just the people on the stage, but the people in the audiences, too—are seeking their private versions of the mythical destination Jan and Dean came up with all those years ago: Surf City as the perfect, cloudless place we all believe is out there, if only we can find it. Hilarious and heartbreaking, moving and brilliant, this is the trip of a lifetime, a travelogue of the heart, accompanied by a thundering guitar chorus of Fender Stratocasters. It is a story destined to touch readers not just today, but for generations to come, as long as the music itself echoes.

Author : Daniel Tammet
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 141654819X

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Born On A Blue Day by Daniel Tammet Pdf

A journey into one of the most fascinating minds alive today—guided by the owner himself. Bestselling author Daniel Tammet (Thinking in Numbers) is virtually unique among people who have severe autistic disorders in that he is capable of living a fully independent life and able to explain what is happening inside his head. He sees numbers as shapes, colors, and textures, and he can perform extraordinary calculations in his head. He can learn to speak new languages fluently, from scratch, in a week. In 2004, he memorized and recited more than 22,000 digits of pi, setting a record. He has savant syndrome, an extremely rare condition that gives him the most unimaginable mental powers, much like those portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the film Rain Man. Fascinating and inspiring, Born on a Blue Day explores what it’s like to be special and gives us an insight into what makes us all human—our minds.

Author : Martin Strong
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Music
ISBN : 0862416213

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The Wee Rock Discography by Martin Strong Pdf

Based on Martin Strong's The Great Rock Discography, this is a compact version featuring 500 of the most influential figures in the history of popular music. It expands on the format of the previous title, in which full track listings for all albums, b-sides for all singles, labels, UK and US chart positions, band members, recommended listening, style analysis, band histories - from original line-ups to dissolution, solo projects, potted biographies, a pricing guide for rare albums and release dates are given.

Author : Blaise F. Bourgeois, MD,Edwin Dodson, MD,Douglas R. Nordli, Jr., MD,John M. Pellock, MD,Raman Sankar, MD, PhD
Publisher : Demos Medical Publishing
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781934559864

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Pediatric Epilepsy by Blaise F. Bourgeois, MD,Edwin Dodson, MD,Douglas R. Nordli, Jr., MD,John M. Pellock, MD,Raman Sankar, MD, PhD Pdf

The extensively updated third edition of Pediatric Epilepsy: Diagnosis and Therapy continues to be the definitive volume on the diagnosis, treatment, classification, and management of the childhood epilepsies. Written by nearly 100 international leaders in the field, this new edition progresses logically with major sections on the basic mechanisms of the disease, classification, epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and age-related syndromes of epilepsy. The core of the new third edition is its completely updated section on antiepileptic drugs, including an in-depth discussion of dosage considerations, drug toxicity, teratogenicity, and drug interactions, with recommendations for optimal combinations when multiple drug therapy is required. Features unique to the third edition include: Expanded section on the basic science and mechanism of epilepsy Completely updated drug chapters, including newly released drugs and those in development Expanded chapters on vagus nerve stimulation and surgical treatment Expanded section on co-morbidities The third edition includes 21 new chapters, including discussions of: epileptic channelopathies; epileptogenic cerebral cortical malformation; epilepsy genes; etiologies and workup; evidence-based medicine issues related to drug selection; Levetiracetam; Sulthiame; Pregabalin; herbal medications; basic and advanced imaging; immunotherapy issues; vagus nerve stimulation therapy; cognitive and psychiatric co-morbidities and educational placement; and psychosocial aspects of epilepsy.

Author : Mark Haddon
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307371560

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Pdf

A bestselling modern classic—both poignant and funny—narrated by a fifteen year old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions. Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. At fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbour’s dog Wellington impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing. Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer, and turns to his favourite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents’ marriage. As Christopher tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, the narrative draws readers into the workings of Christopher’s mind. And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon’s choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotions. The effect is dazzling, making for one of the freshest debut in years: a comedy, a tearjerker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read.

Author : Anela Deen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1980380287

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Failsafe by Anela Deen Pdf

There is only one rule: Never leave the settlementNobody remembers when human civilization fell to the living computer known as the Interspace. Trapped within its massive expanse, what remains of humanity struggles to survive. There are no maps to the outer grids, and drones patrol the network. Escape is impossible.Except seventeen-year-old Sol can access the network's secrets in her dreams. The information comes at a physical cost, but with food and medical shortages threatening her community, it's a small price to pay for survival. The supply runs are also the best way to prove she can still contribute, especially after her recent epilepsy diagnosis took away the role she'd been training for.When a grave mistake alerts the drones to her trespassing, Sol finds herself running for her life. She never expects to encounter Echo, a stranger who may hold the key to humanity's freedom.Together, Sol and Echo will attempt to reach the central core of the Interspace and shut down the system. To survive the journey, they will need to evade drones, signal towers, and a dangerous enemy known only as the Override. Even with Sol's access to the network and Echo's incredible abilities, they may still fail. The Interspace is always watching, and if they're discovered, it will mean the final extermination of all mankind.

Author : Methodist Episcopal Church
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Methodist conferences
ISBN : HARVARD:32044089915615

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Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church by Methodist Episcopal Church Pdf